TANZANIA

The St. Luke's Foundation is based in Wurzberg, Germany and Moshi, Tanzania.  For thirty years this organization has been saving thousands of lives in Africa.  For donations scroll to bottom of last page.

http://www.afrikaprojekt-schales.de/pdf/LetterBK22-6-06.pdf

 

Mr. Himat Shah's website.  A rare man, with a rare mission.  Lifting physically-challenged people from poverty in a developing nation.

http://www.kiliweb.com/shah.html

 

Link to Dr. Stephen Byrn's page at Purdue.

http://www.ipph.purdue.edu/faculty/?uid=sbyrn

DEATH OF DESOLATION

 

The green river area and the recent changes in governmental policy.

www.suwa.org

 

For information about rafting Desolation Canyon.

http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/price/recreation/riverinf.html

 

For information about river advocacy and stewardship.

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/

THIRTY HOURS

 For info about the overmountain adventure race.

http://www.overmountainextremear.com/

 

For info about adventure racing in general.

http://usara.com/

 

 

THE BEER MONKS OF BELGIUM

 To see the rankings that started the Westvleteren Abt 12 craze.

 

http://ratebeer.com/ratings/BestBeers_012008.asp

 

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/313/1545

 

For info on the monks of Westvleteren.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westvleteren_Brewery

 

ADIOS SAN JUAN

For links to guides and securing a permit to raft the San Juan river

http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/monticello/recreation/san_juan_river.html

 

More info about San Juan

http://www.utah.com/raft/rivers/san_juan.htm

 

 

LOCAL ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA LINKS 

Asheville has a plethora of potters.  My favorite is Electa Smith.

http//www.recompensepottery.com

 

Tony Beurskins and Meka have built some amazing works of art all over the country.  Their favorite material?  It's in your yard.  Save money, while saving the earth. 

http://www.artisanbuilderscollective.org/

 

Going kayaking in Asheville or need info on water levels, outfitters, where to camp or eat.  Try Chris Bell's site.

http://boatingbeta.com/

 

If you're in asheville and need a drink in a local pub with a good vibe and music.

http://www.jackofthewood.com/

JUST PLAIN COOL LINKS

I bumped into Nuri on the road and did not realize what a fantastic photographer this humble man was until much later when I visited his website.  Nuri shoots like he just dropped in from another planet. 

http://www.nuribilgeceylan.com/photography/turkeycinemascope1.php?sid=1

 

If Sigmund Freud were alive today and giving a lecture on his Death Wish theory, he would use this video in his lecture.

http://tinyurl.com/7rkzy7

 

Vebjorn Sand a great artist himself, saw Da Vinci's drawings of a single span bridge and as a result Da Vinci's first engineering project came into being five hundred years after being conceived.

http://www.vebjorn-sand.com/leonardo.html